Journal box



June 14,1927.

A. T. KUEHNER JOURNAL BOX Original Filed Jan.l 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 3mm1 1 foz June' 14, 1927.

A. T. KUEHNER JOURNAL BOX Original Filed Jan-.18, 1921 2 Sheota-Shoet 2jwbanloi J1 'TKu e/vner.

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Patented June 14, 1927.

UNITED STATES] PATIENT, OFFICE.

ARTHUR- r. xunnnna, orsr, AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA. y

JOURNAL BOX.

Original application filed January is, 1921, Serial No. 478,646. Dividedandithis application filed Juiy 20, 1922, Serial No. 576,343.

This invention relates to an improved.

journal box for locomotives, being a division of. my co-pendingapplication for journal box, filed January 18, 1921, Serial'No. 478,- I646, now Patent N0.l,547,657, granted on July 28,1925. p

T he invention seeks. as one of itsprinci 'ml objects, to provideajournal box employing a shelf between the legs thereof for supportinga'grease cellar. while acting to rigidly brace the legs with respect toeach other and wherein the'cellar may be readily renuwed without thenecessity for displacing the shelf.

The invention has as a further object to providea journal box whereinthe cellar will be provided with an opening in the bottom wall thereofto accommodate a spring hearing between the shelf and a follower within29 the cellar and wherein the shelf will be pro vided with meansfordirecting said spring 'onto the shelf when the cellar is shifted toposition between the box legs. 7

A still further objectof the invention is F to provide a journal boxwherein the shelf and, the cellar will be formed with mating I lugswhereby the cellar may be secured in position' v v And the invention hasas a still further oh- 8. ject to provide a journal box wherein theshelf and cellar will be formed with coacting means for limiting thecellar in its inward movement between the box legs.

Other and incidental objects will appear 86 hereinafter.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a journal boxembodying the present invention,

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken Renewed September 10, 1925.

formed on the legs of the box body the inner side thereof are dependinglugs 13 while at the outer side of the box body said legs are providedwith lugs 14. At its upper end. the box body is provided with springsaddle recesses 15 and 16, in the former of which is seated a liner 17while, as shown in Figure 2, the latter recess opens through the outerside "of the box body. Removably seated against the outer side of thebox body is a face plate 18 fitting the crown brass and provided at itslower ends with lugs 19 mating with the lugs 14 ot' the box body. Asshown in Figure 1, the face plate overhangs the box body toprovidepedestal flanges 20 to cooperate with similar pedestal flanges 21 at theinner end of the'box body and, as will be observed, the face plate isformed of companion sections at the upper ends of" which are lugs 22through whichis engaged.

a bolt 23 connecting the upper ends of the sections. the plate are lugs24 lying within the recess 16 to provide a liner for said recess similar to the liner 17, the recesses 15 and 16 being adapted to receive thelegs of a spring saddle as conventionally illustrated at 25. Thus, theweight of the load upon the spring saddle will hold the face plateagainst upward movement. All of the structure so far described forms apart of the subject matter of my parent case and further description ofsuch structure in the present case is accordingly believed unnecessary.

Coming now more particularly to the subject of the present improvements,I employ a shelf 26 which fits snugly between the legs of the box bodyto abut shoulders 27 on said legs and depending from'the shelf are pairsof lugs 28 and 29 mating withthe lugs 13 and 14 respectivelyof the boxbody. Ex tending through the lugs 13 and 28 is a tie bolt 30 andextending through the lugs 14 and 29, as well as through-the lugs 19 ofthe face plate 18, is a tie bolt 31. Formed in the inner end margin ofthe shelf medially thereof. is, as particularly shown in Fig ure 4, aninclined guideway 32' and extend- Extending from the sections of ingfrom the rear end edge of the shelf are spaced ears 33. I

Removably fitting between the'legs of the box body, upon the shelf 26,isa grease cellar 34, the side walls of which are provided at theirlower margins with ribs 35 coacting' with the shoulders 27 of the box 1es while upon the upper margins of said si e walls are formed similarribs 36 coacting with shoulders 37 upon. the inner sides of the boxlegs. These ribs and shoulders will serve to space the side walls of thecellar from the legs of the box body so that any tendency towardsticking of the cellar will be minimized. At its outer end, the cellaris provided with spaced ears 38 mating with the cars 33 of the shelf andextending through said ears are bolts 39 looking the cellar in position.The bottom wall of the cellar is provided with a medial opening 40therethrough and freely mounted within the cellar is a follower 41, towhich is connected at one end a coil spring 42, freely received throughsaid opening to coact with the shelf so that the spring will thusoperate to urge the follower upwardly within the cellar for pressing agrease cake within the cellar against the journal of the axle.

It is now to be observed that the cellar may, by simply removing thebolts 39, be withdrawn from between the legs of the box body and maythus be removed without either liftin or lowering the cellar ormelesting the s ielf 26. The shelf, being positioned between the legs ofthe box body, will rigidly space the legs apart while the tie bolts 30and 31 will rigidly hold the legs against spreading movement. Thus,cramping of the cellar by the box legs will be prevented so that thecellar may be easily recharged and, in this connection, the purpose ofthe inclined guideway 32 becomes apparent. As will be seen, after thecellar has been removed and a grease cake is arranged therein, thespring 42 will project through the openin 40 in the bottom wall of the.cellar there eneath. Accordingly, when replacing the cellar, it becomesnecessary, be fore the cellar can be slida-bly shifted into place uponthe shelf, to snide the lower end of the spring onto the shelf. This isdone by engaging the lower end of the spring, after the cellar has beenadvanced Suficiently, with the guideway 32 when the eellar may then befurther shifted into position, the guideway serving to ride the lowerend of the spring up onto the shelf. At the inner ends of the ears 33,the shelf is provided with shoulders 3 while at the inner ends of theears 38 of the cellar are, formed shoulders 44 to 'coact. as shown inFigure 2, with the shoulders 4:3 for limiting the cellar in its movementbetween the-legs of the box body to the left in Thus, the cellar cannotaccidentally shift'outwardly of the truck to bear against a wheel hub,when ap-i plied to a locomotive truck, in which case the cellar isinserted from; the inner side of the journal box.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A journal box including a box body having legs, a shelf securedbetweeii said legs, a cellar supported by said shelf, a followerdisposed within the cellar, and yieldable means extending through thebottom wall of the cellar to project therebeneath and coacting betweenthe follower and the shelf, the cellar being ins'ertable between the les by sliding the cellar inwardly upon the she f and the shelf beingprovided with means to 'coact with the lower end of said yieldable meansfor directing said yieldable means onto the shelf when the cellar isshifted inwardly.

2. A journal box including a box body having legs, a shelf securedbetween said legs, a cellar supported by said shelf, a follower disposedwithin the cellar, and yieldable means extending through the bottom wallof the cellar to project therebeneath and co-acting between the followerand the shelf, the cellar being insertable between the logs by slidingthe cellar inwardly upon the shelf and the shelf being provided with aninclined guidcway for directing said yieldable means onto the shelf whenthe cellar is shifted inwardly.

3. A journal box including a box body having legs, a shelf securedbetween said legs, a cellar shiftable inwardly between the legs to aposition resting upon said shelf, the cellar and shelf being providedwith mating ears and being formed at the inner ends of-said earsw-ith'shoulders coacting for limiting the shelf in its inward movement,and fastening means extending through said ears securing the cellar inosition.

4.1L journal box inclu ing a box body having legs, a shelf securedbetween said legs, a cellar shift-able inwardly between the legs to aposition resting upon said shelf, the cellar and shelf being providedwith stops co-acting for limiting the shelf in its inward movement,means spacing the cellar from the legs whereby the cellar may be freelyremoved, and means for securing the cellar in position.

5. In a journal box, the combination of a box body having legs, a shelfsecured between said legs rigidly spacing the legs apart, a cellarmounted upon the shelf to contain and hold grease independently of theshelf, the cellar and shelf be ng provided with mating ears, fasteningmeans coaeting with said ears securing the cellar in position, and meansspacing the cellar from the legs whereby the cellar may be freelyremoved.

in testimony whereof I allix my signature.

ARTHUR- T. KUEHNER: [11.11]

